Question

I created an EC2 amazon instance (ubuntu) and created a volume from an available snapshot. The volume has been successfully attached to my instance as /dev/sdf.

I executed the following command: performed: mkdir /space

When I try to execute the following command:
sudo mount /dev/sdf1 /space

I get this message:
mount: special device /dev/sdf1 does not exist

How can I solve this issue ?

Answer 1

Try mounting the device “/dev/sdf” instead of “/dev/sdf1”.

If that still doesn’t work, try mounting it as “/dev/xvdf” or “/dev/xvda1”, e.g.:

sudo mount /dev/xvda1 /space

The explanation for this name mismatch can be found in the “Attach Volume” dialog of the EC2 management screen:

Note: Newer linux kernels may rename your devices to /dev/xvdf through /dev/xvdp internally, even when the device name entered here (and shown in the details) is /dev/sdf through /dev/sdp.